A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Although he did not agree to play himself, Garlan was still quite interested in today's sacrificial activities. It was just that there was a sea of ​​people near the altar, with people walking shoulder to shoulder. The flow of people was so terrifying that Garlan flinched.

So, he took the next step and chose the observation deck that was said to have the best view.

The top floor of the tower has always been reserved for dignitaries and ordinary people cannot enter.

Of course, in order to avoid being said to be domineering by the people, and to show that they are close to the people and enjoy themselves with the people, they only asked the guards to guard the top floor, and also allowed the public to enter other floors of the observation building.

So you can enter the lower floors by paying an expensive fee.

Garlan sat on the edge of the second floor, watching the sacrificial ceremony from a distance. After seeing that it ended successfully, he nodded.

Heimos beside him was drinking water quietly, but suddenly raised his head and looked upward.

His hearing could be described as abnormal. After he concentrated for a moment, he clearly heard the noise of the little girl upstairs.

After listening to a few words, Heimos raised his eyes slightly, and then he leaned over and whispered a few words into Garlan's ear.

Of course, Garlan couldn't hear the noise above. When Heimos said he was leaving, he nodded indifferently, got up and followed Heimos downstairs.

However, as soon as he walked out of the gate, Garlan saw Heimos frowning and suddenly sprinting forward two steps quickly.

Then, he saw Heimos reaching out and catching the little fat man who fell from the sky.

The sudden incident stunned Gallan for a moment.

Next, seeing Heimos throw the little girl to the ground with obvious disgust, Garlan shook his head helplessly.

He walked up and picked up the fat girl who was sitting on the ground, covering her face and crying.

...so heavy.

Even if this guy Tal is reincarnated as a girl, his weight will still be unbearable as always.

Although he met Tal unexpectedly, the occasion was not suitable for chatting, so Garlan just smiled and touched little Tal's head and planned to leave quickly.

But before he could leave, the little fat man rushed over and hugged him tightly, shouting that he wanted to marry him, making Garlan dumbfounded for a moment.

Really... too heavy!

It weighs almost a hundred pounds!

With the fat ball hanging on his body, Garlan was so pressed that he could hardly move.

Just as the chubby girl was hugging Garlan's waist happily, she suddenly felt light and was lifted up from behind.

She subconsciously waved her hands and struggled hard, her fleshy body swinging in the air as she struggled.

But the man who picked her up was very strong. No matter how hard she struggled, the hand holding her didn't move at all.

The chubby little boy's chubby body was hanging in the air, his short limbs paddling randomly in the air, and his chubby face was even redder.

Garlan felt like he saw a meat ball bouncing in the air.

When this clumsy little meat ball runs out of air and collapses, it will just be dangling in the air...

...What to do makes me want to laugh.

But if he laughed out loud, Tal might be so aggrieved that he would burst into tears.

…

No, I can’t help it—hahahahaha.

Fortunately, Avril Guang was busy trying to break away from the claws holding her, and she didn't notice that her embarrassed look made Garlan laugh.

Otherwise, she would definitely burst into tears right away with her butt hurting, panting, and feeling aggrieved.

Just when she took a breath and planned to keep struggling, she suddenly flew into the air again.

She drew an arc in the air, and then her butt hit the stone ground hard again.

After being hit hard twice in succession, no matter how thick the flesh was, it could not cushion it. The pain was so painful that Avril cried out and burst into tears.

Just as she opened her mouth to cry, a large group of people suddenly poured out of the gate of the observation tower.

The city lord, who was surrounded by guards, rushed over and took Avril into his arms.

After touching his fat daughter and confirming that her hands and feet were not broken, the city lord breathed a sigh of relief.

Avril turned around to look for her prince, but when she turned around, she was dumbfounded. Her prince was gone——

"Where are the two young men who saved Avril? I want to thank them properly."

Although the city owner was still frightened while holding his daughter, he had calmed down and immediately thought of thanking the person who saved Avril.

He could only vaguely see two figures on the balcony, and he couldn't see any more clearly.

The captain of the guard on the side quickly bowed.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, they left too fast and our people lost track of them before we could catch up."

"That's it..."

The city lord sighed regretfully, and suddenly felt the daughter in his arms tugging on him.

"It's Prince Garlan! It's the prince who saved me——"

The little fat man danced in his arms, excited and excited.

"I want to marry the prince! I want to marry him!"

Seeing the excitement of his daughter who had just narrowly escaped death, the city lord couldn't laugh or cry.

Naturally, he didn't believe what his youngest daughter said. He only thought that the hallucinations of the youngest daughter who worshiped King Garlan before she died overlapped with the young man who saved her. Therefore, he touched Avril's head perfunctorily.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to find your prince and get him back to marry you, okay?"

He coaxed her along with her words.

"Avril, let's go back and wait, okay?"

Although Avril was still looking around for Garlan, feeling unwilling to do so, she was still unable to defeat the city lord who loved his daughter so much. She was carried back to the castle by the city lord, and was forced to have the doctor examine her carefully from beginning to end. I checked her again to make sure there was nothing wrong with her before giving up.

Well, except for the bruise on my butt.

Soon, evening arrived.

The citizens and tourists continued to participate in the evening activities of the celebration in the square outside, while the officials, nobles, ladies and other high-ranking officials of Tweilur City came to the banquet hall of the Consul Castle in gorgeous clothes to attend the meeting of the city lord. dinner party.

The banquet hall was bustling here, but the upstairs on the other side seemed much deserted.

Because she got into trouble during the day and was worried about any physical danger, Avril was ordered by the city lord to stay in the guest room on the other side.

Staying with her were five children younger than her, ranging from six to seven or eight years old.

It was the group of children who were noisy with her on the balcony during the day. Because their parents had to attend a dinner and the children were too young to take with them, they put them together in the reception room and let the maids take care of them.

The city lord coaxed Avril, saying that he wanted her to greet these little guests on his behalf.

Now, Avril was angry, very angry.

She realized that her father was just perfunctory when she said he would help her find the prince, and he didn't believe her at all.

"I really met Prince Gallan! It's true!"

She shouted angrily to a group of friends around her.

"Those adults are stupid and don't believe what I say! Do you believe it or not?"

Children are not like adults who take it seriously. They are still very innocent and surround Avril. Their eyes are shining with stars and they ask questions curiously.

"Really?"

"What does the prince look like?"

They were discussing it all.

"I heard that the prince was very useless this time. He almost fell off the car."

The last sentence made Avril instantly darken her face.

"Shut up! That one on the float is fake!"

"Fake?"

"Yes, you really came to save me. Of course the one on the float is fake!"

"Huh? Sister Avril seems to be right..."

The obedient child nodded in agreement.

"It's great. Avril can see the real prince. I really want to see it too."

"It is said that if you are saved by a prince, you will pledge your life to him. Avril, are you going to marry the prince?"

Avril became very upset when she mentioned this matter.

"I want to, but my father doesn't believe me and won't help me find the prince. There's nothing I can do."

With two chubby little hands supporting her chin, Avril answered with a depressed look.

A seven-year-old girl blinked and said enthusiastically: "Sister Avril, my maid told me a story, saying that during a celebration a long time ago, someone ran to Tweilur Mountain. Pray at the waterfall. It is said that if that person is sincere enough, Prince Garlan will appear and help him~~"

"Really?"

"Hey, I've heard this story too~~"

"I think I heard my sister tell me this story too!"

Over the years, the people of Tweilur City have made up all kinds of stories based on legends and spread them so widely that it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false.

There are many bedtime fairy tales similar to those told by children.

Listening to her friends chatting happily, Avril rolled her eyes and suddenly had a good idea.

She first pretended to still lose her temper, and kicked out the maids responsible for taking care of them on the grounds that she didn't want to see the adults.

When they were the only children left in the room, she waved.

Several little heads sneaked together.

"Shall we secretly go to the waterfall in Mount Tweilur to find Prince Garlan?"

When Avril suggested this, the children's eyes lit up.

It sounds interesting.

They were tired of being in this room.

"But, Sister Avril, the maids are guarding the door."

"Silly, we can sneak through the window and go to the corridor over there."

"But, Avril, there are guards guarding the stairs. We can't go down when we reach the corridor. This is the third floor, so we can't jump down, right?"

"I have a way! Just follow me!"

So, this group of children, led by Avril, first slipped out of the house through the window, and then slipped along the quiet corridor to the attic in the opposite corner.

Avril slapped the hanging on the wall and heard a slight pop, and a hole opened in the lower part of a statue.

The children screamed, their eyes widened in surprise, and looked at Avril with admiration, with expressions of 'Wow, that's amazing' on their faces.

Avril held her head up proudly and girdled her waist triumphantly.

This was the secret passage discovered by her father, the city lord, who secretly followed her when she was playing hide-and-seek with her servants.

She has been very good at eavesdropping or seeing other people's secrets since she was a child~~

After thrusting for a while and enjoying the admiring looks of her friends, Avril suddenly realized her purpose and quickly greeted everyone to get into the secret passage.

In this way, a group of naughty children, led by their bear boss Avril, began their nighttime adventure in Tweelur Mountain with great enthusiasm——

Totally regardless of how much of a commotion they would cause if they left.

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……………………

That night, Garlan also returned to the hotel early.

After all, everything that should be done and seen during the celebration has been spent in the past few days. They were leaving tomorrow, so it would be better to come back early to prepare.

After cleaning, Garlan, who was freshly dressed, sat cross-legged on the bed.

He couldn't help but want to laugh when he thought of the way little Tal was being carried and swayed in the air by Heymos during the day.

"I was a little regretful before. After all, everyone has memories, but Tal has no memory."

In his previous life, Tal was also one of the four people who grew up with him.

And now, among the four, Tal is the only one who has no memory of his past life.

Thinking of this, Garlan couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

But there is nothing we can do about it.

According to Heimos, the moment he faked his death and fell asleep, his soul entered the underworld and made a deal with the goddess of the underworld.

At that time, the only souls in the hands of the goddess of the underworld were the souls of Kaihos and others who died before Heimos, so Heimos could only trade the memories of the three of them.

And Tal died after Heimos fell asleep, so naturally he could not be involved in the transaction.

The young man sitting cross-legged with his hands on his ankles smiled and rolled his eyes.

"Now it seems that this is a kind of luck."

At this point, Garlan couldn't help laughing.

"Otherwise, once I recover the memory of that life, I find that I am a girl now..."

Garlan could fully imagine how disheartened Tar would be.

He remembered very clearly that Tarna had ten wives and concubines in his lifetime.

Hmm... So, if Tal regains his memory, will he (she) find a male lover in this life, or will he or she continue to find a female lover?

Just when Garlan began to let his thoughts wander, a big brown hand came down and stroked his head.

He raised his head, and golden-red eyes came into his eyes.

The man who looked at him tenderly leaned over, kissed his forehead first, and then kissed his lips.

Garlan opened his eyes slightly.

He saw the scratches at the corners of Heymos' eyes. They were so close that they looked even more ferocious.

But the man's kiss was contrary to that ferocious scar, and was unusually gentle.

As gentle as holding a fragile crystal ball.

It can even be said to be gentle to the point of being cautious.

Garlan raised his hand and wanted to hug the man in front of him.

He wanted to take the initiative to kiss the scar at the corner of Heimos' eye.

But just when Garlan raised his hand, Heimos's face had already moved away and he straightened up.

His hand stroked Garlan's head again.

"Go to sleep."

He smiled and said to Garlan, and the rough thumb pad of his right hand gently brushed the corner of Garlan's eyes with a sense of reluctance.

After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

Every night after a goodnight kiss, he would leave the room and come back after Garlan fell asleep.

But this time, as soon as he turned around, he was stopped.

"Heimos."

The young man kneeling on the bed said,

"After leaving Tweilur City tomorrow, let's go back to the Royal City, okay?"

Heimos turned back, a little surprised.

"So fast?"

Before Gallan came out, he said he would never go back for at least half a year.

"Well...I mean, I, I'm worried about your health, and I'm not in a hurry about traveling, so, so..."

The young man's eyes subconsciously dodge, and his words stutter.

"Go back first and let the doctor check your body."

"There's nothing wrong with my body."

Taking a deep breath and cheering himself up, Garlan spoke directly in his heart.

"I know that if something goes wrong in that area, it's hard to tell if it doesn't work! But if the disease is not treated, it will never get better!"

"…………"

"Don't worry! We will keep this matter of physical examination a secret! No one will know, so you-"

Before Garlan could finish what he said in one breath, a shadow suddenly enveloped him.

Heimos, who was walking back to him, suddenly leaned over and pulled him into his arms.

"Garlan."

A familiar voice rang in my ears.

Heymos' voice was already deep, but at this moment, it was a few degrees lower than usual.

"You do not understand."

There was an inexplicable hint of danger in that calm voice, which made Garlan suddenly not dare to move or speak anymore.

"It's not that I can't...it's that I don't dare."

Heimos whispered, his right hand holding Garlan's head tightly in his arms.

He lowered his head, opening and closing his thin lips gently as he spoke, sinking into the bright blond hair.

The shadow of the scattered dark hair covered his eye sockets, making it difficult to see the expression in his eyes at this moment. Only the sharp corners of his eyes protruding from the ends of his hair could be vaguely seen.

He buried half of his face in the soft hair of the boy in his arms and spoke softly.

He said: "I dare not."

"You have no idea what you mean to me."

The man's extremely soft, yet extremely deep voice was like a sigh.

"I've been waiting for you...for too long..."

"So long that it almost drives me crazy..."

If he hadn't forced himself to fall into a deep sleep, Heimos couldn't even guarantee whether he would become a madman.

Time is like an invisible prison.

During the time he was awake and sitting on the throne, every minute, every second, and every breath he took was as difficult as enduring torture.

The years are so long that one cannot see the end.

He also felt exhausted.

He also thought that if he could forget...

In order to get rid of this endless pain, if you simply forget about that person, your feelings for that person, and everything else——

…

But I can't forget it.

Don't want to forget.

Don't want to forget.

Because he is the one who is imprinted on the most painful place in his heart.

Because he is someone whom he loves deeply.

…

So, he finally waited.

In those terrible long years, in that torrent of time that is so long that it can almost make people collapse and go crazy.

He waited for a long time.

He had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Finally, he took the treasure he cherished so much into his hands again and embraced it in his arms.

That is extremely precious, more important than anything else he has.

Every touch must be done with caution.

This person, everything about this person. Even a tiny strand of hair is an incomparable treasure to him.

"Garlan, you don't understand how important you are to me."

After thousands of years, the man who finally held his beloved in his arms murmured softly, his voice sounding like a sigh.

"I can not."

"You have no idea how terrible my desire for you is."

It was so intense that he himself was afraid of it.

"Like now, I can barely control myself."

"But... I don't even know how out of control it will be."

Slowly and gently rubbing the soft blond hair of the boy in his arms, Heimos said softly.

"I do not want to hurt you."

"Even if it's a little bit, I can't bear to part with it."

…………

From surprise at the beginning, to confusion, to confusion, and finally to calmness at the end.

Garlan just snuggled into Heimos's arms obediently, listening quietly to Heimos's low voice.

He leaned his cheek against the other person's chest, opened his eyes, and occasionally, his light eyelashes blinked slightly.

Looks calm.

I don't know what he is thinking at this moment.

It was not until Heimos stopped talking for a while that Gallan raised his head and looked at Heimos.

His lips parted, as if he wanted to say something.

But at this moment, there was a sudden noise outside.

Heimos stood up, walked quickly to the window, and pushed it open.

The street outside was bright and brightly lit, and groups of city guards were rushing past on the street, as if looking for something.

You can see from a distance that a commander is giving orders.

Heimos listened attentively for a while, then suddenly raised his eyebrows, closed the window, and walked back.

"What happened?"

Garlan asked.

Huymos glanced at him.

"Tal is missing, in the Tweilur Mountains."

"ah?"

"He also disappeared with a bunch of children."

"ah??"

"It is said that he sneaked up on his own."

"…………"

Um.

The youngest daughter of the city lord sneaked up the mountain with a group of children of officials and nobles, and then disappeared.

very good.

No wonder the city was in chaos in the middle of the night.

Garlan thought.

Okay, it's really Tal.

No matter it was in that life or now, the skill points for getting into trouble and making troubles were all full.

The author has something to say: When everyone’s most beloved things really come into their hands, they are reluctant to touch them, right?

Because I'm afraid it might get damaged accidentally.